Manager - Cost Accounting - Manufacturing Firm

As the Manager of Cost Accounting at Nextpowers, based in Hyderabad, India, you will play a crucial role in the Corporate Controllership organization. Your responsibilities will revolve around supporting manufacturing cost accounting, inventory valuation, plant finance operations, financial controls, and cost analytics for solar tracker manufacturing operations. You will collaborate closely with various teams such as Operations, Supply Chain, FP&A, Engineering, Procurement, and Global Finance to enhance cost visibility, inventory accuracy, and operational efficiency. **Key Responsibilities:** - Own day-to-day plant finance and cost accounting operations, including inventory accounting, manufacturing cost analysis, standard costing, inventory valuation, and cost of goods sold reporting. - Lead month-end and quarter-end close activities related to inventory, cost accounting, manufacturing variances, cost absorption, reserves, and related balance sheet accounts. - Monitor, analyze, and explain key manufacturing variances, including material price variance, usage variance, labor variance, overhead variance, yield variance, purchase price variance, freight, scrap, and cost absorption. -…